Display stand



March 1, 1938. H, ,E NDER 253109586 DISPLAY STAND.

Filed May 12, 1936 3nnentor HAEEY ENE/N 52 -Patented Mar. 1, 1938 p 2 109,535.

UNITED STATES PAT OF FlfiE V DISPLAY STAND:

Harry Einbinder, Philadelphia, Pa.- Application May 12,,1936, Serial No. 79,235

' a Claims. (01. 88-85) This invention has to do withrdisplay: devices is associateda pair of reflectingmembers which and show cases which are commonly employed are properly disposed. inangular relationship to for the purpose of presenting articles of merchanthe supporting shelf, to, afford top. and bottom dise in an advantageous position in which they. plan views, of an article positionedon the shelf- :may be viewed by prospective purchasers. to a person viewing the same from the front;

At the present time. store windows, and similar For a full and more complete understandingof places, are dressed or arranged so as. to make an, the invention, reference maybe had tothe followattractive display of articles of merchandise ing description and accompanying drawing, which are to be sold. However, certain types of wherein,

10, articles are not susceptible of being nicelypre- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a display-case l0 sented, due to the nature of the: article itself, and made in accordance with theprecepts of thisinvery often on account of the need of positioning vention, In this View certain brackets have been the article at an appreciable distance from the omitted and broken away, to more clearly-bring; persons who view the same. For example, when out the structural arrangement of these parts.

; an article, such as a ladys compact, is to be dis- Figure 2'is a diagrammatic view from the-Side, 15 played and is positioned some distance from the taken as a section through certain of the supportstore window, it is not a practical proposition for ing shelves .and reflecting members associated the person viewing the same to get a compretherewith. In this view the main body structure. hensive idea of the appearance of the articl of the show case isomitted, and.

2 from all sides. Figure 3 isan enlarged detailed showing in pere With these conditions in mind, this invention Peet Ve Of One Of the brackets which hold the has in View, as its foremost-objective, the provisupporting shelves in position. sion of a display or showcase which is designed Referring now to the drawing, wherein like to present articles of merchandise in display pOSir referencecharacters denote corresponding parts,

tion, and at the same time afford .adequatetop a show case. is-shown in-Figure-lascomprisin 25 and bottom views of. the article itself, which are main bodystructure: which, includes sidapieces: provided in addition to the normal front View. n. The Structure Of the display Case, Such s In carrying out this idea in a practical embodithe top, bottom and rear Walls, which incorporate ment, this invention contemplates the use of a e d p s t0 the Structure, (10 not P transparent shelf or supporting member, such as ticularly enter into the present invention, and 30 a glass plate, with which are associated a pair of any structure which is capable of maintaining mirrors, one being disposed on each side of the t se sid pi s n i p p position ay be supporting shelf and at proper angular position utilized.

with respect thereto to reflect the top and bottom As shown in Figure 1, the front edge of each of views respectively, of the article, so that a person e S de p ec s In s fi d by a toothed struc- 35 viewing the display case from the front will see -r t W s Of each tOOth being disposed u these top and bottom views in addition to the S a y at an angle o With p t to eac front edge view. other, while each of the walls is at an angle of Another object of the present invention is the Substantially to the bottom and p edges of provision f 2. show case of the character dethe side piece In. 40 scribed, which includes a plurality of transparent Reflecting elements in the form of mirrors ll supporting shelves, in accordance with the preare positioned so as to extend between the side cepts above noted, all of which are arranged top es a t ese mirrors II are anchored at gether to provide an efficient and attractive show each d in ep re d to as Which define case. the toothed front edge structure of the side pieces 45 Other more detailed objects and advantages of II. Any suitable fastening mean m y b the invention are associated with the particular ployed to d es reflecting elements in posimanner of supporting the mirrors and supporting o S as the fastening members ndi ated shelves in accordance with the above noted at I3. 7

thoughts. These will in part become apparent, As shown in Figures land 2 the top and bot- 50 and in part be hereinafter stated, as the descriptom edges of the mirrors H are mitred to pro-v tion of the invention proceeds. vide for a neat joint, and at the same time insure The invention, therefore, comprises a display of these mirrors presenting a full reflecting surcase, which includes a plurality of transparent face. These mitred edges are shown at 14. supporting shelves, and with each shelf of which Referring now more particularly to Figure 3, 55

a supporting bracket is shown as comprising a channel bar construction at l5, and an attaching portion at IE. It is notable that one end of the channel bar is partially closed by the retaining element, designated I].

As shown in Figure 1 a plurality of these channel supporting members are attached to the respective side pieces I0, with the portions [6 being secured to the side pieces ID as by the screw fastening members shown at I8, while the channel portions l5 extend outwardly between the steps l2.

The channel bars H5, at each side of the display case, receive the end edges of transparent supporting shelves which are shown in the form of glass plates l9. It is notable that these glass plates l9 substantially bisect the angle defined by adjacent mirrors ll, so that the plates I!) are at an angle of substantially 45 to the mirrors l I.

The glass plates l9 are intended to receive any articles of merchandise which are to be displayed to prospective purchasers. Such an article may be a ladys compact, which is shown somewhat diagrammatically at 20 in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing.

Referring more particularly to Figure 2, it is noted that the upper mirror II will reflect an image of the article 20, so that a top plan view thereof is presented to a person viewing the display case from the front.

At the same time the lower mirror H presents a bottom plan view to a person in the same position. The edge of the article may be viewed without availing of any optical instrumentalities.

While a preferred specific embodiment is hereinbefore set forth, it is to be understood that I am not to be limited to the exact construction illustrated and described, because various modifications of these details may be provided in putting the invention into practice within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A display case of the character described comprising spaced side pieces formed on their front edges with notches, the sides of which meet at apices and are in substantially a right angular relationship, mirrors connecting the sides of the notches on one side piece with the corresponding sides of the notches on the other side piece, whereby said mirrors are disposed in an angular relationship with the reflecting faces of said mirrors facing each other; transparent supporting elements positioned between the reflecting faces of adjacent mirrors, said transparent supporting elements being adapted to support articles that are to be displayed, and means for supporting said transparent elements in position.

2. A display case of the character described comprising spaced side pieces having notched front edges, each of said notches being defined by walls which are in right-angular relationship with respect to each other, and which meet at the apex of the notch, reflecting elements extending from the walls of the notches on one side piece to the corresponding walls of the notches on the other side piece, channel bars connected to the side pieces at the apex of each notch and disposed substantially intermediate the walls of each notch, and transparent supporting elements held in position between the effective faces of the reflecting elements by the channel bars, there being a reflecting element disposed on each side of each transparent supporting element with each of said reflecting elements being disposed to its respective transparent supporting element at an angle of substantially 45.

3. A display case of the character described comprising supporting means in the form of spaced side pieces, a plurality of transparent supporting shelves carried by the side pieces in spaced parallel relationship, and a pair of reflecting elements associated with each of said transparent supporting shelves and carried by the side pieces, the reflecting elements of each pair being disposed to each other at an angle of substantially 90 with the respective supporting shelf of each pair being disposed in a plane that substantially bisects said 90 angle, the reflecting faces of the reflecting elements being disposed toward said supporting shelves.

HARRY EINBINDER. 

